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Administrators are local accounts with permissions granted on this independent wiki. See [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|the current administrator list]] and [[Special:ListGroupRights|the current group-permission list]] for the actual accounts and capabilities. |
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Different users have access to different functions of the site. While anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, '''administrators''' can access a few additional functions. |
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== Using administrative tools == |
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== Administrator abilities == |
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Depending on the configured permissions, administrative tools can include deletion and restoration, page protection, blocking and rollback. The live group-permission list is authoritative for capabilities; a user-page badge or template does not grant them. |
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These additional functions include: |
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* Deleting and undeleting pages, page histories, and uploaded files. |
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* Locking ([[{{ns:project}}:Protected page|protecting]]) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights or autoconfirmed status. |
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* Blocking IP addresses or user names from editing; and very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits. |
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* Editing the interface by changing system messages and skins. |
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Use tools to address disruption and maintain the wiki, not to win an editing dispute. Explain consequential actions and seek an uninvolved administrator's input where there is a conflict. Follow [[Project:Protection policy]], [[Project:Deletion policy]] and [[Project:User Conduct Rules]]. |
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== Bureaucrat abilities == |
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A '''bureaucrat''' can make other users into bureaucrats or administrators on their own wiki. |
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== Requests and access == |
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Bureaucrats can also give users the ability to "rollback" edits not made in [[w:Assume good faith|good faith]]. |
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Contact an active local administrator through their user talk page for help, linking the affected page and evidence. Permission requests belong at [[Project:Requests for permissions]]. Administrator and bureaucrat memberships are local permissions; neither imported founder status nor an external hosting provider confers them here. This wiki has no Fandom staff escalation or adoption process. |
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== Staff == |
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Wikia staff members have full access to all Wikia. They will be shown in [[Special:Listusers/staff]] on any wiki. Please use [[Special:Contact]] to contact Wikia staff. |
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== Who are this wiki's administrators? == |
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The "founder" of a wiki, the person who first requested it, is given administrator access automatically. Founders are also given bureaucrat access so they can make any other user on their wiki an administrator or bureaucrat. For a complete list of users with administrator access, see [[Special:Listusers/sysop]]. |
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You may also wish to list them on this page. |
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*User:Example |
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== How do I use administrator powers? == |
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See [[Help:Administrators' how-to guide]] for a guide on using admin functions. |
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== Becoming an administrator == |
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For you to become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On larger Wikia, there will usually be a community page for requests, with a page name such as "Elite Dangerous Wiki:Requests for adminship". On a smaller wiki, you may simply ask on the community portal or [[Forum:Index|Forum]], or ask a bureaucrat directly on his or her talk page. |
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If there are no active bureaucrats, use the "Requests for adminship" page to nominate users to become admins or bureaucrats. Once a community decision has been reached (or if there is no active community to debate the decision), please leave a message at the [[Wikia:Wikia:Adoption requests|wiki adoption requests page]] and Wikia Staff can provide the rights. |
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== What can administrators not do? == |
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Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes; for example, to lock a page on a version he or she prefers in an editing dispute that isn't vandalism. Administrator powers should be used to help keep the wiki clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits, but not for simple disagreements between users acting in [[w:Assume good faith|good faith]]. Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community. |
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Revision as of 09:17, 31 October 2026
Administrators are local accounts with permissions granted on this independent wiki. See the current administrator list and the current group-permission list for the actual accounts and capabilities.
Using administrative tools
Depending on the configured permissions, administrative tools can include deletion and restoration, page protection, blocking and rollback. The live group-permission list is authoritative for capabilities; a user-page badge or template does not grant them.
Use tools to address disruption and maintain the wiki, not to win an editing dispute. Explain consequential actions and seek an uninvolved administrator's input where there is a conflict. Follow Project:Protection policy, Project:Deletion policy and Project:User Conduct Rules.
Requests and access
Contact an active local administrator through their user talk page for help, linking the affected page and evidence. Permission requests belong at Project:Requests for permissions. Administrator and bureaucrat memberships are local permissions; neither imported founder status nor an external hosting provider confers them here. This wiki has no Fandom staff escalation or adoption process.